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Activity A Who is taller?

People at a Party Mike, Bill, Mary and Jill are all sitting

down at a party. They ask who do you think is the second tallest and the who is the shortest.

You take a guess and they laugh and ask you to prove your answer.

So why don’t you take a guess right now..

Let the party continue… They tell you: Mike is 1.5 meters tall Mary is 1.6 yards Bill is 6 feet tall Jill is 66 inches.

It is your job to convert all of these numbers and see how close you were when you guesses

Lets convert the party … How…

Lets convert the party … How… Lets pick one base unit to do our

conversions.


conversions. We will convert each persons height to

inches.


conversions. We will convert each persons height to

inches. Then for fun we will convert to

centimeters for fun.

What we know

Hieght: Meters Yards Feet Inches

Mike 1.50

Mary 1.60

Bill 6.00

Jill 66.00

Mike: Meters to Inches We have 1.5 meters

Mike: Meters to Inches We have 1.5 meters We know 1 meter equals 39.3701 inches

Mike: Meters to Inches We have 1.5 meters We know 1 meter equals 39.3701 inches So we multiply 1.5 meters by

39.3701inches and get 59.0551 inches

Mike: Meters to Inches We have 1.5 meters We know 1 meter equals 39.3701 inches So we multiply 1.5 meters by

39.3701inches and get 59.0551 inches Note if we divided 1.5 by 39.3701 We get 0.03809 Which does not make sense So Be Careful and Double Check

Mary: Yards to Inches We Have 1.6 yards We know 1 yard 36 inches Before we continue take a moment and

try the problem on your own.

Mary: Yards to Inches We Have 1.6 yards We know 1 yard 36 inches Before we continue take a moment and

try the problem on your own. To finish this problem we multiply 1.6 by

36 and we end up with 57.6 inches

Bill: Feet to Inches With out going back or reviewing can

you determine the number of inches in 6 feet?

Continue for a hint.



Continue for a hint. Hint: 12 inches equals one foot.



Continue for a hint. Hint: 12 inches equals one foot. Multiply 6 and 12 gives us 72 inches.

Jill: Inches to Inches Did you know 66 inches = 66 inches.

Conclusion

Hieght: Meters Yards Feet Inches Centimeters

Mike 1.50 59.06

Mary 1.60 57.60

Bill 6.00 72.00

Jill 66.00

Extension: Convert the inches to Centimeters

Extension: Convert the inches to Centimeters

All you need to know is one inch is 2.54 centimeters.

So multiply your inches by 2.54 Which give us

Conclusion


Mike 1.50 59.06 150.00

Mary 1.60 57.60 146.30

Bill 6.00 72.00 182.88

Jill 66.00 167.64

Complete Conclusion…


Mike 1.50 1.64 4.92 59.06 150.00

Mary 1.46 1.60 4.80 57.60 146.30

Bill 1.83 2.00 6.00 72.00 182.88

Jill 1.68 1.83 5.50 66.00 167.64

Common Objects It is good to know the length of common

objects so you can compare them to others things.

So look at the image, read the question and select an answer.

Good Luck First try with no calculator.

A Dollar Bill

The Width, w, of a dollar bill is 2.61 Inches. How many centimeters is the width of a dollar?

w

A) 6.63cm B) 4.25cm

C) 9.65 D) 1.73cm

A Dollar Bill

The length of a dollar bill is 15.5956 centimeters. How many inches long a dollar bill?

A) 4.0 in B) 20.15 in

C) 6.1 in D) 8.95 in

ISU Card

The dimensions of your Iowa State ID card and the Dimensions of your Iowa Drivers License has measurements of 85.60 × 53.98 mm ?

A) 14.370 × 7.125 in B) 8.370 × 5.125 in

C) 183.370 × 122.125 in D) 3.370 × 2.125 in

Distance From Beardsher Hall to Memorial Union

Google tells us that he distance is 0.7miles, which is about 1232 yards. About how many meters would the distance be ?

A) 647.35 meters B) 1126.54 meters

C) 0.5 meters D) 1232 meters

END As a student you should always carry

your ISU Card so make sure to use it for rough measurements.

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